The State, not school boards, should directly protect the rights of minorities in schools
The term ethos/characteristic spirit is not defined in the Education Act 1998. It can and does mean different things to different Patron bodies, schools and teachers. The term 'ethos' is connected with the choice of parents in relation to the education of their children. Because the majority of parents of ...
Enoch Burke should be aware of the constitutional authority of parents in Irish schools
Today the High Court has ordered the arrest of Enoch Burke, a teacher in a Church of Ireland School, for breaching the terms of an injunction to not attend the school. He was suspended because of his behaviour at a religious service and dinner, but has continued to turn up for work. ...
Back to school and back to fighting for your rights
Children are heading back to school, and parents are again left in the position that they must negotiate their Constitutional rights with the school. This is what minorities have to put up with in our Republic. Schools give no practical application to our Constitutional rights, and the Department of Education, ...
Schools cannot oblige students to attend Syllabus Religious Education at second level
Syllabus Religious Education at second level is not an objective course about religions and beliefs, and parents have a Constitutional right to ensure that their children do not attend this class. You can find information, and a sample letter for Catholic and ETB schools and colleges, on our website Teach, ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee July 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 27 July 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.teachdontpreach.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-to-PAC-27-July-2022.pdf" title="AI to PAC 27 July 2022"]
Documents about misuse of state funds regarding religious instruction
Since last December, Atheist Ireland has been lobbying to vindicate the constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in schools, and to uphold parental authority in the education of their children, which the Supreme Court has described as a foundational pillar of the Constitution. As well as lobbying individual politicians ...
Public Accounts Committee letter to Atheist Ireland July 2022
The Public Accounts Committee wrote this letter to Atheist Ireland 4 July 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.teachdontpreach.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/S0914-PAC33-Atheist-Ireland-mtg-02.06.2022.pdf" title="S0914 PAC33 - Atheist Ireland mtg 02.06.2022"]
Schools ignore legal duty to publish arrangements for children who do not attend religious instruction
In the last few weeks parents of children who are starting school this September are attending meetings in schools where information about the school and the procedures is conveyed. Unfortunately no information is given on the right to not attend religious instruction at these meetings or in the Admission policies ...
Catholic Bishops lobby for the right to discriminate against non-Catholic children
Catholic Bishops lobbied the Government last June to change the law, so they could once again be allowed to discriminate against non-Catholic children in access to publicly funded primary schools. RTE's Emma O'Kelly reported that the Bishops said their support for divesting a small number of publicly funded primary schools ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee June 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 11 June 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.teachdontpreach.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-PAC-June-22-.pdf" title="AI PAC June 22"]